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'''Johnstown''' (''Baile Sheain'' in [[Irish language|Irish]]) is a [[village]] in [[County Kilkenny]] in the southeastern part of [[Ireland|Rebublic of Ireland]] in the [[Diocese]] of [[Ossory]]. The town lies on the main [[N8 road|N8]] [[Dublin]]-[[Cork (city)|Cork]] road and is the home of the [http://kilkenny.gaa.ie/fenians.htm Fenians] [[hurling]] club. Situated 121km from Dublin and 131km from Cork,it lies in the an agricultutal heartland of the sunny southeast.

The village of Johnstown is over 200 years old and was once part of the [[barony]] of Galmoy